Improvement in water-bowls



HAWSON & SWEENEY.

Water-Bowls.

No. 126,457. Patented May 7,1872.

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SAMUEL HAWSON, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW' JERSEY, AND THOMAS SWEENEY, OFBROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-BOWLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 126,457, dated May 7,1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL HAWSON, of Jersey City, in the State of NewJersey, and THOMAS SWEENEY, of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Water-Bowls, of which thefollowing is a specification:

The nature of our invention consists in the arrangement of a fixed and amovable plate on the cover in the inside of a water-bowl, between Whichthe brush, after being saturated with water, is drawn out to strain offany surplus of water contained in the brush.

Figure I represents a section of a waterbowl embodying our invention,and Fig. II is a top view of the same.

A represents a water-bowl, and B the cover, having a large opening, D,to fill the bowl and to allow the free passage of the brush. To theunder side of the cover B, on one side of the opening D, a plate, 0,slanting toward the center of the opening, and extending about the wholelength of said opening, is firmly attached. On the opposite side of thisplate 0 a similar plate, E, is hinged at a to the under side of saidcover B, to which a suitable rod, F, is attached, passing through thecover B, and provided with a head or knob, G, on its end. Between theknob G and the cover B a spring, J, is arranged, in such a manner as topull the plate E away from the fixed plate 0 to allow free passage forthe brush into the water-bowl.

When the brush has been saturated with Water, and is withdrawn from thebowl, a pressure on the knob Gr forces the hinged plate E against thefixed plate G, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. I, and while thesaturated brush is drawn out of the water-bowl, the same must passbetween the edges of the two plates 0 and E, when the surplus water willbe strained off from the end of the brush.

The spring J may, if desired, be placed in the inside under the cover B,and connected to the rod F, so as to keep the movable plate E away fromthe fixed plate 0 whenever no pressure is applied to the rod F or knobGr.

Instead of fastening the plate 0 to the under side of the cover B, partof said cover may, on one side of its opening D, be bent downward; and,instead of the hinged plate E, a sliding plate may be arranged, movingtoward the edge of the fixed plate, and drawn away from the same by theaction of a suitable spring.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The arrangement of a fixed plate, 0, in combination with a hinged ormovable plate, E, on the cover of a water-bowl, substantially as and forthe purpose herein described.

SAMUEL HAWSON. THOMAS SWEENEY. Witnesses:

HENRY E. RoEDER, A. G. CRONDAL.

